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Over the past few days, we’ve done a series of internal happy dances (that occasionally burst forth to the outside, as well) for reasons including, but not limited to: finding money in bags we haven’t used for yonks; peeling boiled eggs perfectly, wi

Dear frankie, Issue 96 was very welcome during a chilly Melbourne winter. The article “It All Comes Out in the Wash” was wonderful. Photographer Jimmi Ho’s ability to capture laundry day in Hong Kong took me on a journey to warmer, far-reaching place

Do you recall that passage in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov where Alyosha listens as Ivan recites the poem about the meeting between Jesus and a leader of the Spanish Inquisition? No? Neither do I. But we should, right? We should remember and h

First time you picked up a guitar? When I was seven years old. It was a gift from a family friend. I wasn’t interested in it at the time, though, because I thought guitars were only for boys. I started playing keyboard instead, because I’d seen women

Let’s set the record straight here, folks: glasses aren’t cool. Anyone who wears glasses will tell you that, and if they don’t, they’re probably lying. They’ve convinced themselves they’re fine with a life of blurred vision because they have no other

So you’ve decided to ditch high-tech digital cameras in favour of old-school film. Woohoo! There’s no need to spend your hard-earned dosh on processing your photos in a commercial lab – in fact, you can build a no-muss, (relatively) no-fuss darkroom

ANDREW: Anderson and I met in a salsa class. After a bumpy start, eventually we went out and had a good time. A few months later, Anderson asked if he could move in with me for a couple of weeks while he looked for somewhere else to live. It’s been 1

If you want to show a left-handed person a good time, don’t chuck Silence of the Lambs on the TV and start making jokes about fava beans. According to a recent Scottish experiment, lefties can’t handle Hannibal Lecter. When shown an eight-minute clip

I’m 18 years old now, but I started dancing when I was about two, which is really, really early. It’s a running joke in my family that I was dancing before I could even walk. I would just move along to music. My mum knew I’d have to go to a dance cla

What motivated you to start Wolf & Mishka? I’d been thinking of starting something of my own for a while, and after working for lots of different design companies, as well as in fashion retail, I felt encouraged and inspired to launch my own small bu

a 100% wool jumper with a ribbed edge at least 5cm wide (medium to large size is best to allow enough fabric to cut out all the pattern pieces) wool yarn for embroidery (use yarn left over from other projects, if you have it!) wool needle medium-weig

SALEM // SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH Considering he’s a 500-year-old witch sentenced to spend a century as a cat after a failed attempt at world domination, you could say Salem Saberhagen is fairly well-adjusted. In the ’90s sitcom version of Sabrina –

I worked in North Korea as a tour guide from 2016 to 2019, where I led more than 70 tours to eight of the nine provinces. I’d been fascinated by and studying what is generally thought of as the world’s most closed-off country for years. The first tim

Last week, I went to Baby Bunting and was quickly overwhelmed. If you aren’t familiar, Baby Bunting is one of those megastores that offers everything you could possibly need, in 50 different varieties, shapes, colours and sizes. Typically, I’m quite

Jenna Owen and Victoria Zerbst of Freudian Nip talk a lot about making sure your actions line up with your values. The comedy duo, who spend time churning out satirical sketches for SBS’s The Feed – and probably your social media scroll, too – plan o

You may have tried submerging fresh mint in hot water before, but did you know you can make tasty brews with heaps of other leaves and flowers? It’s super-simple – just add water (literally)! The warmer months are the best time of year to be growing

Any woman who’s walked home alone down a poorly lit road, or squeezed onto a crowded train at peak hour, or copped a pinch on the bum at a gig, knows what it’s like to feel vulnerable in a public space. Unfortunately, we’re often told it’s our respon

pots and pans 2/3 cup thickened cream2 cups caster sugar2/3 cup water1/4 tsp cream of tartar6 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces Lightly grease a couple of chocolate moulds (enough to hold about 20 sweets). In a large, heavy-bottomed saucep

When Adam Briggs was a kid, he dreamt of being loud and daring. A professional wrestler; Slash from Guns N’ Roses; a rapper – any outlandish job you could imagine, so long as it didn’t involve nine-to-five office work. Briggs, as he’s more commonly k

The year is 2006. I’m 16 years old. I’m in the driver’s seat of my dad’s enormous Ford Falcon station wagon. He’s trying to teach me how to drive in the car park of the local university. But there’s a problem: the Falcon is at least as old as I am, a

Here’s a dinner table conversation starter for you: Filipinos outnumber Vietnamese people as one of the largest migrant groups in Australia. But unlike its Southeast Asian neighbour, food from the Philippines rarely gets dished up on Aussie plates. M

Hi Anna! When did you first start making art? It happened quite randomly about eight years ago. My friend was designing some stickers, and I began painting around them. It felt very cathartic and I rolled with it. Then I started moulding 3D spheres a

CONFUCIUS / CHINA / 551BC–479BC Also known as China’s great master or Master Kong Qiu, Confucius has more or less been reduced to a fortune-cookie caricature by a lot of non-Asian countries. But historians and philosophers regard the man as the Socra

What kinds of techniques do you use in your art? I do both traditional and digital art, but these days, digital is my main focus. I work with a lot of isometric perspectives of objects and mini environments. When I do traditional art, I love working

The next time you stroll past a shop selling brightly coloured duds in kaleidoscopic patterns, you might pause to consider how that vibrant, whimsical aesthetic was at least partially pioneered by Sarah Campbell and her late sister, Susan Collier. Th

When I was 18, I enjoyed drinking vodka on the rocks – not because I was a booze-head, but because I’ve always had a fascination with flavour and alcohol. I did a cooking apprenticeship, but ultimately decided it wasn’t for me. Then my friends and I

Picture this: you’re walking through a park when someone approaches from the opposite direction, chirping, “Morning!” Do you: a) chirp it right back at them; or b) fumble around with your vocal cords until an indecipherable squeak comes out, by which